Dish-cleaner



(No Mdel.)

' B. YANGEY.

DISH CLEANER No. 532,997. ""illiaitented' Jan. 22,1895.

NrTEn I STATES ATENT FFI BELLE YANCEY, OF OARLIN VILLE, ILLINOIS.

DISH-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,997, dated January 22, 1895.

- Application filed March 1,18%. Serial No. 501,986. (No model.)

' in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Dish- Washing Machine, which I have entitled The Ferris Wheel Dish-Washer, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in dish cleaners.

The objects of the present invention are to produce a dish-washenwhich will be operated v entirely by inflowing water, and which will thereby dispense with manual labor in cleanin g dishes, to provide means for placing dishes and other articles in the machine, and removing them therefrom, in bulk, and to enable dishes ,to be dried without manual labor.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a dish cleaner which embodies my invention. Fig. 2 is a detached View of the frame and the cages or trays taken at right angles to Fig. 1, the frame being in section. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the revolving frame alone. Fig. 4 is detail view of one of the cages or trays.

' A represents the box or frame in which the dish cleaner, embodying my invention, is placed. The top of the cover B is made entirely of sheet metal, and extending through it at a suitable angle is the pipe 0, through which the hot water for cleaning the dishes is forced from a reservoir, by means of a force pump, or from any other suitable source,

' with sufficient force to strike against the dishes placed in the revolving frame E, which act like the buckets of an overshot waterwheel, and cause the frame to revolve.

Secured upon a platform placed in the box, for this purpose, are the supports F upon the top of which the revolving frame E'is journaled. Thisframehavingitssupportingshaft extending through its center, is not intended to be removed from these supports but is always to remain in position ready for use. The frame consists of two parts which are connected at their peripheries by means of cross-rods or wires or so as to prevent the trays or cages from becoming displaced outwardly, when the frame is made to revolve by the impact of the water.

The part 2 of the revolving frame E consists merely of a rim, and spokes which radiate from the axle, and which spokes prevent the trays from becoming displaced laterally from that side of the frame. of the frame E consists of the rim which is braced, as is the part 2, across its center by one or more cross pieces 5, and between which cross pieces 5 upon the two parts of the frame the support or partition H, made of galvanized wire, is secured. This support or partition extends across from one edge of the frame to the other and serves as a support for the trays or cages when they are first moved laterally into position through the openings made in the part 3 of the frame E. As this partition or support is secured rigidly to the two parts of the frame, it alternately is brought into play as each tray or cage is moved into position in the frame.

After one tray has been filled with dishes,

.one of the guards I, pivoted or hinged upon the cross bars of the part 3 of the frame E is lowered into a horizontal position, and the tray is placed upon the guard and forced laterally into place in the frame, and then the guard, which is provided witha spring catch, is closed. The frame is turned by hand half way around, and then the other guard is opened and the second tray filled with dishes is'also forced into the frame. These hinged guards both act as supports for the trays while being moved into position in the frame, and to prevent the trays from becoming displaced laterally through the part 3 of the frame E. After the two trays filled with dishes have been inserted into the frame, and the guards The .opposite part 3 I are closed, the frame is ready to be revolved by the impact of the hot water.

The trays O are madesemi-circular, and of galvanized wire which allows the water to freely come in contact with the dishes placed therein, and which-are divided into compartments of different sizes, so as to receive the dishes. Each tray is provided with hinged covers P, so as to prevent the dishes from falling out as the trays are revolved by the impact of the water. The compartments of ICO ' or lids P are hinged at their lower ends to the terminals of the base or horizontal portion of the tray, and their adjacent free ends are designed when the machine is in use to be secured detachably to the body of the tray by 1 any suitable form of catch. The two trays, being made entirely separate from the revolving frame, can be carried directly to the table where the dirty dishes are, the dishes packed in them, and then the trays thus filled can be carried directly to the cleaner and placed in position, and thus at least one handling of the dishes is saved. After the dishes have been cleaned the trays can be again removed, and the dishes carried at once to the place wherethey are to be put away. The compartments in the trays hold the dishes both separately and together, as the operator may desire. After the flow of water has been shut 0d the frame continues to revolve from the impetus given it, and the dishes, which have become heated from the water, quickly dry while the frame revolves, and thus saves the necessity of having to dry them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a dish cleaner, a revolving cylindrical frame composed of two circular parts, connected at their peripheries by cross-rods, and a partition which extends across the center of the frame, combined with the two hinged semicircular guards on one side, and the removable trays, substantially as shown.

2. In a dish cleaner, the inclosing case provided with an inlet pipe, and a discharge for the water, the supports, a revolving frame journaled upon the supports, and provided with a partition or support across its center, combined with the removable trays and the guards for fastening the trays in position, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a cylindrical rotary frame having a central partition and provided at one side with hinged semi-circular guards arranged to swing downward to a horizontal position to form a support, and thesemi-cylindrical trays removably mounted in the frame and provided with radial partitions, and having peripheral covers or lids locked in their closed positions by the frame, substantially as described.

BELLE YANOEY. 

